The IESG has approved the following document: - 'Problem Statement and Goals for Active-Active TRILL Edge' (draft-ietf-trill-active-active-connection-prob-07.txt) as Informational RFC This document is the product of the Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Ted Lemon and Brian Haberman. A URL of this Internet Draft is: http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-trill-active-active-connection-prob/ Technical Summary: The TRILL (Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links) protocol provides support for flow level multi-pathing with rapid failover for both unicast and multi-destination traffic in networks with arbitrary topology. Active-active at the TRILL edge is the extension of these characteristics to end stations that are multiply connected to a TRILL campus. This informational document discusses the high level problems and goals when providing active-active connection at the TRILL edge. Working Group Summary: There was broad working group consensus that this document addresses and in favor of its publication as an Informational RFC. Document Quality: This document is of good quality. A significant number of vendors indicated that the active-active problem described in this document is of high importance to their customers and they plan to implement a solution. Personnel: Document Shepherd: Donald Eastlake Responsible Area Director: Ted Lemon
